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Ye Qiu grabbed the hand she offered, "Take it. I'm not just giving it to you for free! Besides, with my ability, would I ever lack Spirit Bones?"
There will be better ones sooner or later!
"What do you mean?"
"You help me do one thing, and this thing can be considered your reward. Besides, you absorbed its spirit ring; it's clear you and it are a better match!"
"Help you do one thing? What thing?" Since Ye Qiu didn't want it, she also stopped being coy and planned to accept it. With his abnormal ability, he indeed wouldn't lack them.
"First, help me obtain a spirit ring, then I'll tell you." Ye Qiu stroked his chin. In his opinion, Zhu Zhuqing would definitely go to Soto City in the future. Giving her the external Spirit Bone would be like finding a personal bodyguard for Xiao Wu!
"You go absorb it first. Maybe my spirit ring's age limit can also be raised a bit!" Ye Qiu wanted to see how much this Spirit Bone could improve her strength. If possible, the originally planned three-thousand-year Spirit Beast could also be appropriately raised!
"En, I'll go absorb it now." Looking at the somewhat mysterious Ye Qiu, Zhu Zhuqing didn't know what he wanted her to do, but she was very satisfied with this Spirit Bone. This was an external Spirit Bone!
She sat down again and began to absorb the Spirit Bone. The external Spirit Bone floated up and slowly merged into her spine.
It embedded itself bit by bit into her flesh and blood.
"Ah~!" The bone-chilling pain made her scream, and cold sweat poured down her body. Pfft~
A pitch-black spider leg extended from her back, followed by the second, then the third…
"Ah!" After a high-pitched scream, all eight spider legs finally emerged, propping Zhu Zhuqing up completely.
"Have you finished absorbing it?" Ye Qiu looked up at her, but unexpectedly, she ran towards Ye Qiu. "Hey, hey, hey, are you trying to stab me to death?"
Before he could step forward, a spider lance thrust at him. If he hadn't dodged in time, he would have been pierced right through!
"I'm sorry! I can't control it right now." Zhu Zhuqing was also very unaccustomed to hovering in the air, stumbling around.
"Don't be nervous, take a deep breath!" Ye Qiu quickly used Divine Might Space's intangibility, standing still and guiding her, "It is a part of you. Slowly feel its existence."
"Ah~" Amidst her repeated exclamations.
After a series of chaotic stabs inside the cave, she finally calmed down, covered in sweat.
Whoosh! She retracted the Eight Spider Lances, so weak that she almost fell to the ground. Luckily, Ye Qiu was there to support her.
"It seems you still need some time to adapt." He picked her up again.
"En, just give me a few days!" Leaning against him, Zhu Zhuqing was still slightly panting.
A vortex appeared, and Ye Qiu took her into the Divine Might Space.
...
At noon three days later, in a small mountain valley, from a distance, it looked as if a slender spider was constantly moving among a pack of wolves.
Under a tree next to the valley, Ye Qiu sat astride the Wolf King, gnawing on wolf meat, leisurely watching Zhu Zhuqing's performance.
A figure with eight spider legs on her back leaped towards Ye Qiu.
Whoosh! The spider legs pierced into the tree, and Zhu Zhuqing remained suspended in the air with her legs dangling, facing Ye Qiu.
Her eyes were full of confidence and joy. "Ye Qiu, I've almost mastered the Shadow Spider Lance!"
Shadow Spider Lance was the name Zhu Zhuqing gave it herself. After absorbing it, her spirit power broke through again, now reaching level 25. But with the amplification of the Shadow Spider Lance, her speed and attack power had greatly improved.
She felt that at this moment, she could even defeat her cruel elder sister in a one-on-one fight!
"Then congratulations to you!" It was roughly as Ye Qiu expected. The quality was a bit inferior to Tang San's Eight Spider Lances, but it was still quite good!
"When do we set off to hunt a spirit ring for you?"
"Wait until your spirit power recovers!" Ye Qiu patted the mount beneath him.
"Awoo~" The Wolf King howled, and a female wolf from a distance ran over.
Ye Qiu looked up, "Zhu Zhuqing! Hurry up and come down. Why are you hanging on the tree? My neck is getting sore!"
"Hehe." She chuckled lightly, retracted the spider lances behind her, and descended onto the female wolf's back. "Where to?"
"Let's go to the vicinity of the target first. At this speed, you should be almost recovered by the time we get there!" The two rode the wolves, slowly walking side by side into the distance.
"Ye Qiu!"
"What is it?"
"You can just call me Zhuqing from now on, if you consider me a friend!" The breeze ruffled her hair, and her black eyes glanced at Ye Qiu beside her.
"Friend? No problem!" Ye Qiu nodded. It was just a form of address.
"En!" Hearing his response, Zhu Zhuqing gazed steadily ahead, no longer speaking, only feeling the breeze carrying a hint of warmth.
These past two weeks had been the most comfortable time she had ever spent!
...
Zhu Zhuqing's spirit power had fully recovered. After sending the two wolves back, Ye Qiu took her to the entrance of a cave.
Inside was his newly found target, a nearly four-thousand-year-old Spirit Beast, the Emerald Cloud Winged Tiger!
"Roar" Faint roars echoed from inside the cave.
"Zhu Zhuqing, you wait here first!" Ye Qiu's Sharingan bloomed in his eyes. He wanted to go in first and lure it out!
"Call me Zhuqing!" She frowned slightly. This guy...
Her voice made Ye Qiu's steps falter. He turned his head and replied, "Okay, Zhuqing! Uh... I'll pay attention next time!"
Before leaving, he didn't forget to remind her. "Oh, right, the Emerald Cloud Winged Tiger has a huge body. When it comes out, lead it towards the forest. It won't be able to move freely there."
"I understand!" Zhu Zhuqing nodded in satisfaction, not knowing if it was because of Ye Qiu's reminder or his way of addressing her.
Watching Ye Qiu enter the cave, she didn't know what he did.
"Roar!" Suddenly, a violent roar rolled out from the cave, echoing hundreds of meters outside.
Ye Qiu quickly ran out, followed by a five-meter-long, stout white tiger.
Its forehead had a 'king' character pattern, its eyes were emerald green like jade, and it had transparent wings on its back that allowed it to glide at low altitudes. A three-meter-long tail trailed behind it.
'This guy's speed is actually so fast!' Ye Qiu was about to lead it into the forest as planned.
"Roar!"
A tiger's roar suddenly sounded in his mind. Ye Qiu felt a momentary trance, and his fleeing movements stiffened.
The Emerald Cloud Winged Tiger took the opportunity to glide down from four meters high, and a tiger's paw heavily slapped Ye Qiu's head!
Boom! The ground shattered, and dust billowed everywhere.
"Ye Qiu!" Zhu Zhuqing's worried voice rang out from a distance.
"I'm fine!" Whoosh! Ye Qiu sprinted out of the dust. He had been careless, not expecting this Spirit Beast to have a mental attack. If it were anyone else, they would definitely be dead!
After all, even Ye Qiu almost didn't recover.
He quickly reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, "Zhu Zhuqing! When the fight happens later, when you see it open its mouth, block your ears with spirit power. Its voice carries a mental attack!"
"Got it! By the way, what did you do to it? Why is it so crazy?" Zhu Zhuqing turned her head, looking at the huge tiger that was constantly chasing them, swatting other Spirit Beasts to death with one paw, and directly pushing down trees it encountered. It was simply crazy and brutal!
Ye Qiu chuckled a few times, thinking it might not be good to tell a girl, "Uh, well... Hehe, actually, I didn't mean to. I was afraid it wouldn't cooperate, so I used a sleeve arrow to poke its behind. Who knew it suddenly stuck its butt out, and then... and then it shot in there, ahem!"
"Lewd!" She glared at him, her face flushed as she angrily cursed, then accelerated, leaving him behind.
As the saying goes, you can't touch a tiger's butt, let alone poke it?
Today! This Emerald Cloud Winged Tiger and humans will fight to the death!